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EP0101287A2
EP0101287A2 EP83304579A EP83304579A EP0101287A2 EP 0101287 A2 EP0101287 A2 EP 0101287A2 EP 83304579 A EP83304579 A EP 83304579A EP 83304579 A EP83304579 A EP 83304579A EP 0101287 A2 EP0101287 A2 EP 0101287A2
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container
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Trevor Evans
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Scott Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/24—Towel dispensers; Toilet paper dispensers
    • A47K10/32—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper
    • A47K10/34—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/24—Towel dispensers; Toilet paper dispensers
    • A47K10/32—Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper
    • A47K2010/3246—Locking mechanisms for the housing

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  • the invention relates to a container, and more particularly to, but not exclusively to a container which comprises a dispenser for rolled web material, such as toilet tissue or paper towel, the dispenser being adapted to hold one or more rolls of the web material.
  • thief-proof dispensers are know but these are often complicated and therefore expensive to manufacture.
  • the simplest type of thief-proof dispenser includes a door which may be opened to enable the dispenser to be loaded with paper rolls, for instance, with this door being lockable by a conventional lock and key.
  • a conventional lock and key Although relatively cheap to produce, such a dispenser suffers the disadvantages that the lock may become jammed and that the lock does not present a perfectly smooth surface and therefore is not readily cleaned.
  • the present invention seeks to avoid or minimize the above difficulties and disadvantages.
  • a container having an aperture therein providing access to the interior of the container, a door for closing the aperture, and closure means for releasably securing the door in its closed position;
  • the closure means comprising a plurality of latches adapted for inter-engagement with abutment means when the door is in its closed position, an elongate key provided with a plurality of unlocking surfaces which are mutually staggered relative to the longitudinal axis of the key, and key guide means provided on said container; the key being movable along said axis, guided by said guiding means, to a position wherein the unlocking surfaces are operable to deflect respective latches from engagement with the abutment means to enable the door to be opened.
  • the lock thus has few moving parts and is extremely simple, and is therefore unlikely to become jammed and will be cheap to manufacture.
  • the closure further comprises an opening for providing access of the key to the guiding means.
  • the latches are preferably mutually staggered, the latches being disposed progressively nearer said axis the further they are from the opening, the unlocking surfaces on the key being disposed progressively further from the axis of the key in the direction towards its end which is intended to be first inserted into the opening.
  • the unlocking surfaces at the insertion end of the key are free to go past those abutment means nearer the opening and the key is only -operable to release all the latches once it is fully home.
  • the latches are simultaneously releasable only by a suitably shaped key having the appropriate unlocking surfaces, and would not be released by a straight, readily available implement such as a pencil or nail file.
  • the configuration of the opening gives further protection against unauthorised release of the latches.
  • the guiding means comprise a channel
  • the abutment means comprise a wall of said channel
  • the key is of complementary shape to that of the wall, whereby, on inserting the key into the channel, the unlocking surfaces thereon are flush with the free edge of said wall, so that the latches are urged out of the channel by the unlocking surfaces to be released from engagement with the channel wall.
  • the channel is adapted to receive the key for sliding movement therealong.
  • the container may comprise a dispenser for rolled web material adapted to bold one or more rolls of the web material, the dispenser having an aperture through which the rolls may be loaded into the dispenser, and a door releasably secured by the closure to close said aperture.
  • a container of the type suitable for dispensing rolled web material such as toilet tissue.
  • the container comprises a housing 10, having at its upper end an aperture 12 through which the paper rolls can be loaded into the housing 10.
  • the paper is dispensed through an opening 14 at the lower end of the housing 10.
  • the loading aperture 12 is closable by a door 16, pivotally connected to the housing 10 along an axis 18 aloug one edge of the aperture 12, and swingable between an open position (Figure 1) in which the housing can be loaded, and a closed position, in which it completely shuts off the aperture 12. More importantly, however, in order to render the housing 10 thief-proof, the door 16 is releasably lockable in its closed position, by means of a closure.
  • the closure comprises a plurality, three in the illustrated embodiments, of latches 20, 21, which are inter-engageable, when the door 16 is in its closed position, with abutment means comprising a lip or wall 22.
  • the wall 22 forms one the flanks of a U-shaped channel member 25 which is secured to one wall of the housing 10, so that the wall 22 is spaced just below the aperture 12 of the housing 10.
  • the latches 20, 21 are secured to the door 16, and are spaced apart and generally mutually aligned. They are disposed adjacent the free edge 26 of the door 16 which is remote from the hinge axis 18 along which the door 16 is pivoted on the housing.
  • Each of the latches 20, 21 is of generally hooked-shaped cross-section, having an inclined portion 28 and a nose 30.
  • the latches are made of a resilient material, e.g. a tough plastics material such as nylon, and are biassed so that their noses 30 are urged in the direction of the free edge 26 of the door 16.
  • a resilient material e.g. a tough plastics material such as nylon
  • the inclined portions 28 of the latches 20, 21 engage the free edge of the wall 22, urging the latches towards the door hinge 18, until the noses 30 of the latches pass the wall 22 and snap into engagement underneath the wall 22.
  • the door is locked in its closed position.
  • the door 16 is opened by slidingly inserting a key 40 ( Figures 4 and 5) in a direction of the arrow A ( Figure 1) through an opening 32 in the side wall of the housing 10 into the channel member 25.
  • the closure is arranged so that a readily available implement such as a nail file or pencil would not be able to act as the key to unlock the door 16.
  • the latches 20, 21 are not disposed so that they are fully axially aligned but instead are staggered ( Figure 3) with one of the latches 21 being spaced slightly further from the free edge 26 of the door than the other two latches 20.
  • the abutment means, in the form of the wall 22 is of complementary shape to the arrangement of the latches, so that all the latches 20, 21 will be engaged beneath the wall 22 when the door is closed.
  • the wall 22 comprises a portion 23 which extends for approximately two-thirds of its length, and a portion 24, extending for the other third.
  • the portions 23, 24 act respectively as the abutment means for inter-engagement with the latches 20, 21.
  • the key 40 is generally spatula-shaped and comprises unlocking surfaces 42, 44 which lie in planes substantially parallel but spaced from one another, the surface 44 being on a U-shaped bead 46 extending around the edge at one end of the key.
  • the key further comprises an integral handle 48, its extent being defined by shoulders 50 on each edge of the key.
  • the opening 32 in the housing wall is U-shaped, the arms of which U-shaped opening are adapted to receive the bead 46.
  • the opening 32 provides a limited access to the channel member 25 and by preventing the insertion of a user's finger to the channel member, the thief-proof qualities of the container are further enhanced.
  • the opening 32 is flush with the container wall, so that the container can be kept clean and therefore hygienic. As well as acting as a limited access means, the opening 32 ensures that the key is correctly inserted- into the channel member 24.
  • the opening further acts to locate positively the key in the channel member 25 while it is being slid therealoog.
  • the key is inserted through the opening 32 with its bead 46 facing toward the interior of the housing 10, so that the bead can be received through the U-shaped opening 32.
  • the key is slid along the channel member 25 which guides the key, until the shoulders 50 abut the outer surface of the housing, at which point the key is fully home. In this position of the key within the channel member 25, the unlocking surfaces 42 and 44 of the key 40 are flush with the free edges of portions 23 and 24 respectively of the wall 22.
  • the key is provided with a camming surface 52 at its end remote from the key head 48 and with a surface 54 at the start of the unlocking surface 44, with respect to the direction of insertion.
  • the camming surfaces 52 and 54 respectively engage cam surfaces 56 and 58 on the latches 20 and 21, thus facilitating the unlocking action.
  • the invention is not limited to the embodiment described. It would be possible to have only two latches, or more than three. It would also be possible to arrange some of the latches on the housing and some on the door with corresponding abutment means being disposed on the door and housing respectively.

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EP83304579A 1982-08-11 1983-08-08 Behälter Withdrawn EP0101287A3 (de)

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Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2748000A1 (fr) * 1996-04-25 1997-10-31 Jamont N V Public Limited Comp Dispositif de verrouillage pour un boitier de distributeur
EP1656870A2 (de) 2004-11-15 2006-05-17 Fort James Corporation Hochkapazitätsserviettenspender
US7617947B2 (en) * 2004-11-16 2009-11-17 Fritz Schafer Gmbh Stackable storage/transport/stocking box with openable end
US11744413B2 (en) 2021-10-07 2023-09-05 Deb Ip Limited Dispenser assembly
US20250052091A1 (en) * 2021-12-08 2025-02-13 Bradley Company, LLC Magnetic Lock System

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US3522963A (en) * 1967-10-13 1970-08-04 Ind Electronic Eng Inc Latching mechanism
US3971237A (en) * 1975-07-09 1976-07-27 Georgia-Pacific Corporation Door lock
NZ187040A (en) * 1977-04-29 1982-05-25 Georgia Pacific Corp Dispenser for flexible sheet automatic feeding of reserve roll

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2748000A1 (fr) * 1996-04-25 1997-10-31 Jamont N V Public Limited Comp Dispositif de verrouillage pour un boitier de distributeur
EP1656870A2 (de) 2004-11-15 2006-05-17 Fort James Corporation Hochkapazitätsserviettenspender
US7568593B2 (en) 2004-11-15 2009-08-04 Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products Lp High capacity napkin dispenser
US7938294B2 (en) 2004-11-15 2011-05-10 Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products Lp High capacity napkin dispenser
US7617947B2 (en) * 2004-11-16 2009-11-17 Fritz Schafer Gmbh Stackable storage/transport/stocking box with openable end
US11744413B2 (en) 2021-10-07 2023-09-05 Deb Ip Limited Dispenser assembly
US20250052091A1 (en) * 2021-12-08 2025-02-13 Bradley Company, LLC Magnetic Lock System

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